Admiral Ackbar finally made sense to me after a home inspection in Memphis

I used to roll my eyes whenever people called home inspections a trap. Last month I bought a 1978 rancher off Poplar Avenue and the inspector, this guy named Dale, spent 20 minutes just staring at the crawlspace entrance. He found a hidden sump pump failure that would've flooded the whole slab, and the repair quote came in at $2,400 exactly. Has anyone else had a moment where a boring professional turned out to be the hero of the story?

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wyatt51328d ago

Wait, did Dale charge by the hour or by the number of existential crises he triggered? Because staring at a crawlspace for 20 minutes sounds like he was having a spiritual moment with your foundation. I once had a plumber find a cracked pipe behind a wall that three other guys missed, and he fixed it in an afternoon for less than my deductible. The real trap is thinking the cheap quote from the first guy is the one to trust, am I right? My buddy skipped the inspector on a flip house and ended up paying for a new sewer line out of pocket. Honestly, boring professionals are the only ones who save you from the boring disasters nobody warns you about. Did Dale at least have the decency to look dramatic while delivering the news?